Category: OSCAR AWARD

The Academy Awards, or “Oscars“, is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry as assessed by the Academy’s voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially called the Academy Award of Merit, which has become commonly known by its nickname “Oscar.” The awards, first presented in 1929.

2016 Winners

Best Picture – Spotlight

Best Director – Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant)

Best Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Best Actress –Brie Larson ( Room)

Best Supporting Actress – Alicia Vikander ( The Danish Girl)

Best Supporting Actor –Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Best Adapted Screenplay – The Big Short

Best Visual Effects – Ex Machina

Best Costume Design –Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny Beavan)

Best Production Design –Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Makeup and Hairstyling –Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography –The Revenant

Best Film Editing – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound Editing – Mad Max : Fury Road

Best Sound Mixing – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Animated Feature Film – Inside Out

Best Animated Short Film – Bear Story

Best Documentary Short –A Girl in the River: the Price of Forgiveness

Best Documentary Feature – Amy

Best Live Action Short Film – Stutterer

Best Foreign Language Film –Son of Saul

Best Original Score – The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone)

Best Original Song – Writing’s On The Wall (Sam Smith) – SPECTRE

As of 2016, eleven Indians have been nominated for a total of fourteen Oscars, five Indians of whom have won a total of six Oscars. Three Indian films have been nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Satyajit Ray is the only Indian who has received an Honorary Academy Award, and A.R.Rahman is the only Indian who has won more than one Academy Award. In 1982, The National Film Development Corporation of India was instrumental in co-producing Richard Attenborough’s Academy Award for Best Picture winning film Gandhi.

The List of Indian who won The Oscars

1) Bhanu Athaiya won Best Costume Design (with John Mollo) for Gandhi (1982)